- Source: Cornish Wildlife Management Area
The Cornish Wildlife Management Area is one of 124 New Hampshire State Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs). It is located in Cornish and covers 29 acres (120,000 m2; 12 ha).
History
The Cornish WMA was purchased in 1972 with Federal Aid in Sport Fish Restoration Act funds to, in this case, provide anglers access to the Connecticut River. A boat ramp was subsequently built on the property in 1974. As of May 2013, there were eight agricultural preservation restrictions or conservation easements along New Hampshire Route 12A in Cornish, all of which have been set up by private landowners to protect the farmland for future generations. The Cornish Wildlife Management Area and Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site in Cornish also protect land along Route 12A.
WMAs
WMAs, in general, are designated for protection and improvement of habitat wildlife, and for public recreation, including hunting, fishing, trapping (by permit only), and wildlife watching. WMAs are subsidized by the Federal government under the authority of the Dingell–Johnson Act (aka the Federal Aid in Sport Fish Restoration Act), enacted in 1950, authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to provide financial assistance for state fish restoration and management plans and projects.
See also
= Other nearby Wildlife Management Areas
== Nearby state lands
=Pillsbury State Park, Goshen, New Hampshire
Gile State Forest, Springfield, New Hampshire
= National Wildlife Refuges in New Hampshire and Vermont
=New Hampshire
Great Bay National Wildlife Refuge
John Hay National Wildlife Refuge
Umbagog National Wildlife Refuge
Wapack National Wildlife Refuge
Vermont
Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Cornish Wildlife Management Area
- Cornish–Windsor Covered Bridge
- Richmond, New York
- Wildlife of Zimbabwe
- Sibley County, Minnesota
- List of Michigan state game and wildlife areas
- Hedge
- Aitkin County, Minnesota
- England
- Isles of Scilly
